Quote Originally Posted by anamorphic96
The Pacific Cinerama Dome in Hollywood is on par with this theater. It has 44 surrounds and 12 JBL 4645's but is also slightly smaller. Mann's Chinese and Pacifics El Capitan are also on par in presentation quality. We should not also forget the AMPAS theater.

I have spoken with a couple of technicians who have watched movies at the Empire and feel it's impressive but not the holy grail of theaters. The Empire get's the sub bass system correct in that they use a proper amount of subs. But feel the stage system could have used double stacked bass bin's.

Thanks for the pics though. Hopefully this will help some members appreciate how good a cinema can still be and that all places are not like your typical multiplex. Film is still superior to all digital formats when properly presented.
That’s what I was thinking about the screen channels they should have used x2 JBL 4642 for that set-up. But I’m sure it will be quite impressive when I get around to popping up to London soon!!

AMPAS doses have impressive JBL array the 5000 series I believe? Unless they have changed it.

Manns Chinese theatre in Hollywood looks like it would go beyond what (((Sensurround))) did there back in 1974 with a net above the audience, LOL now that is a good marketing campaign, the cinema in my home town didn’t use a net to catch fallen objects it sounded like the ceiling was going to give!

One thing I’ve noticed with THX professional is total assurance of the sound quality and picture as well, the home is different matter where we don’t have the large rooms we wish we had and that loudspeakers are smaller but it does come remarkable close.

Please multiplexes I’ve worked in two of those many years ago and what disappointment, but the loudspeakers will still eat home cinema alive, they just don’t have them pushed to the limits of what a grand THX set-up will do in the cinema.